Rocket Lab reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(262 total reviews)
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Peter Beck

95% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Rocket Lab has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 262 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rocket Lab employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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262 reviews
1.0
Feb 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Merch. ASI engineers are awesome people. Some IT techs at other locations rock.

Cons

I have never worked for a more abusive, overreaching, overtly-strict and disheveled company in my life. The management is full of bad eggs. If you’re considering working tech support for them, consider if you’re ok with constantly changing policies that will get steam rolled, despite everyone warning leadership it won’t be received well. The security practices are so suffocating, you won’t be able to do your job - and neither will anyone else at the company beside one or two super admins that hold their cards close to the chest. You should also know that the HR department can’t be trusted with anything. If you bring a harassment complaint to them, they will turn your meeting into an ambush involving a whole lot of accusations that are not true, then actually encourage you to quit. Any report you make will disappear with the person you reported it to when they quit as well. Your storage room will be constantly trashed bc no one has respect for the space. Don’t put yourself into situations where they can back you into a corner here. They did it to me when they strong armed me into harassing an ex employee about turning in her laptop instead of just marking it off like any sane company. So expect high turnover, high burnout, low morale, toxic HR and horrible leadership.

1.0
May 30, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Team was amazing, met great people.

Cons

Unrealistic timelines lead to massive burn out. Management doesn’t care about moral amongst teams. Underpaid for amount of work required. Horrible work life balance.

2.0
Jan 21, 2020

In true start up mode

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good employees that become a family.

Cons

Chaotic and employees can become too overwhelmed and overworked before management realizes it. You never truly know where you stand with management.

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Rocket Lab Response
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Hi there, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide feedback about your experience working at Rocket Lab. We're really glad to hear you bonded with your colleagues like a family. We have a fantastic team and we love hearing that they've been such a highlight of your time with us so far. In 2019 we nearly doubled in size to help reduce the workload for our people. However growing so rapidly has its challenges, and so embedding more structure and process is a big priority for us in 2020. If you are able to provide any more information or suggestions, please reach out to us confidentially at peopleandculture@rocketlab.co.nz. - Rocket Lab People and Culture
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